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We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we\u2019ll read a story called \u201cAli Baba and the Forty Thieves\u201d from \u201cThe Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales\u201d by Smith, Wiggin, and Parrish. It has become one of the most familiar of the "Arabian Nights" tales, and is where the phrase \u201cOpen, Sesame!\u201d comes from. To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\n\nThis folk tale was added to the \u201cOne Thousand and One Nights\u201d anthology in the 18th century by its French translator. This translator heard it from a Syrian storyteller who travelled to Paris.\n\n\u2014 read by 'V' \u2014\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices